James A. Underberg, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine at NYU Medical School, discusses why low HDL is associated with high triglycerides and…
James A. Underberg, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine at NYU Medical School, discusses the effects of triglyceride levels on cardiovascular disease. Dr.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Lower serum levels of creatinine are associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes, according to a brief report in the March issue…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Treatment with bezafibrate for patients with coronary heart disease appears to reduce long-term mortality, new research indicates. The drug’s ability to raise HDL-cholesterol…
Organic chemist professor Edward Biehl PhD , Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, discusses the discovery of a new compound that aims to prevent neurodegeneration…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – As a treatment strategy for early Parkinson disease, initial therapy with levodopa versus pramipexole appears to make little difference in terms of eventual…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – High blood pressure accounts for some of the disproportionately higher mortality rates among African American patients with breast cancer compared with Caucasian patients,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research suggests that metabolic syndrome, primarily the abdominal obesity component, is associated with lung function impairment. Moreover, the degree of obesity need…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A fall in air pollution levels rapidly reduces airway inflammation in children with asthma and improves airway function, according to study findings reported…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An analysis of data from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study confirms that men with diabetes mellitus are less prone to develop prostate cancer…
